A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began ...

The Willow Run bomber plant helped the US win World War II and was the birthplace of the Chevrolet Corvair and Nova. Can it ...

Wilson Jr was flying in a B-17G “Flying Fortress” bomber when a hail of antiaircraft fire struck ... a DPAA investigation team discovered a concentration of wreckage consistent with a B-17 and began ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress symbolized American air power in WWII—but flying it over Europe was anything but glorious. Facing flak bursts, enemy fighters, and freezing conditions, USAAF crews ...

Dark Skies Bomber #666 – The B-17 Fortress with 16 .50-Cal Machine Guns! Posted: March 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025 A flying fortress unlike any other! Bomber #666 was a heavily ...

Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps recognized the need for a new bomber able to reinforce the service’s fleets in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. This ...

In 1944, workers at the nuclear reservation each chipped in to buy a Flying Fortress bomber and donated it to the U.S. Army Air Corps for missions over Europe. The B-17G, dubbed “Day’s Pay ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II. The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...

When the first Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” took its maiden flight on July 28, 1935 it proved to be a quantum leap over earlier United States Army Air Corp (USAAC) bombers then in service.

One of the planes maintained by the Conroe-based unit was the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. On Nov. 12, the group was participating in the last event of the 2022 flying season at the Wings Over ...